Ah, that's Ralf -- Always coming to the rescue of n00bs across the globe...

Call it a bikini minitower: Sony Electronics' new Vaio desktop PC chassis has a gap or air intake in the middle instead of the front. Combined with a liquid-cooled heat exchanger and smaller, efficient fans, Sony says, the black case's airflow design drastically reduces ambient noise to increase en...

I thought I mentioned that the Digital Doc 5 comes in beige?!

yea, you gotta give a good yank on those stock northbridge chipset heatsinks...the thermal material used -- as you shall soon find out -- is more like tough, old bubble gum than quality product you'd see with Arctic Silver, etc.

Try the Digital Doc 5 -- I believe this product is still offered in either beige, black, or silver (I own an un-used beige one that I never got to installing). The build quality is great and the LCD has a backlight...You might wanna check out some reviews on it.

Fanmates may also be purchased online under the Zalman brand...either way, you'll get a useful product with the same quality.

Ok, Ralf. wtf is klingklang? I googled it and it gave me some shady websites that had links that linked back to themselves (spyware? ) or this one site with ANNOYING sfx. ARGH!!! I must know!

http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-5181256 ... ag=cd_lede

By 2007, say "Hasta La Vista, Baby" to scouring the world for desktop motherboards to rest your Pentium M's in.

I wouldn't be quick to blame the issue on 512MB of RAM as my school PC lab (which is used for game development) consists of Dell Dimension XPS' equipped with only 512MB DDR 400 and they all run Far Cry easily with lots of eye candy (of course, their 3GHz CPUs and 128MB Radeon 9800 Pro's help too :D ).

<<BuMp>>

Yea, mounting a HD vertically shouldn't be a problem as the previous line of Dell Dimensions circa 1999-2000 used cases that placed the HD vertically at the front of the case (I would know as I had a version of the non-branded case used by Dell -- a case I would NOT recommend, btw, for housing a pow...

This case may be of interest to SPCR members for its expansion slot structural bracket that keeps cards in place (very similar to the feature found on ARM System's new case). Here's a link for those interested.

http://www.metku.net/index.html?sect=vi ... /index_eng

And don't be pressured to get the 9600XT for the Half-Life 2 coupon...Anandtech had a link the other day about several ATI card manufacturers suddenly not shipping the coupons with their products without ATI's knowledge -- besides, it's not like Half-Life 2 will be coming out in any time in the near...

swEEt, sbabb, I'm glad to hear it.

Darn, MikeC. Can't change the poll now, but should've added "Full Time Defrauder" for you-know-who.

BuMp

Hmmm...you got money and don't know what to do with it, eh?

1) Wire it to my PayPal account.

2) Become a paid member of SPCR.

3) Wire it to my PayPal account.

If you plan on ducting that CPU with the stock Intel heatsink, I certainly would suggest you to use a larger heatsink such as an Alpha (which is specifically designed for "sucking" airflow).

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I believe that the fan of the stock Intel HSF blows downwards on the heatsink.

My P4, i850E-based mobo uses the AUX power connector. Although I'm not exactly sure why it's used, I do think that I remember a thread on this topic somewhere in the forums.

Oh, and, btw, the problems with this particular PSU are sort of sketchy...My particular revision does still have the "no start fan" (with a light whine/buzzing noise) symptom occasionally, but it runs well and silent...but yes, there are several cases of the newer revisions having very loud fans.

You know, there are plenty of forums on problems with the Seasonic Super Tornado 300 -- use the search!

I believe the 3-pin wire with blue and black colors with you PSU is used to monitor the PSU's fan RPM. Plugging it into your motherboard is the way to go!

No, Phil, I was sorta joking and being serious. I mean, if one needs something for work, then one's gotta have it (e.g. if you use it for work and find a way/excuse, heheh, to use a solid-state HD to help make $$$, then go for it! ... Though I don't know of any work/profession that would apply :D :w...

Phil, Take a look at the "Hard Drive" section of table provided by the link below and tell me you if you've wet your pants yet... :D http://www.geek.com/htbc/glanin.htm So, 3.2GB of solid-state bliss DOES cost an arm and a leg and then some. :wink: I hope the Quantum model reference helps in your se...

Isn't it also likely that Win95 wouldn't recognize such peripherals like a DVD-RW optical drive (Not sure if it was Win98 or 95 that "officially" supported DVD)?

Yes, I also voted "Normal," but actually find Brittish accents somewhat attractive.

Forget the TNT2...a few bucks more could get you a T&L capable card like a Radeon 9200 or GeForce FX 5200.

Yeah, I was just foolin' around with you. :D To my knowledge, Athlonpowers was/is (?) a member who tried to turn SPCR in its infancy into a DirectTV satellite network. He even tried to get MikeC to give him the title of something like "Chief of Off-Topic" as he incessantly posted loads of the most r...

Hmmm...

engseng = athlonpowers, keeper and defender of the off-topic?